Release of Patient Information

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), patient condition requests must be made using the patient's first and last name. No information other than a one-word description of the patient's condition may be provided to the media unless Connecticut Children's receives written permission from the patient's parent or legal guardian.

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Connecticut Children's Medical Center is a nationally recognized, 187-bed not-for-profit children's hospital serving as the primary teaching hospital for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Named among the best in the nation for several of its pediatric specialties in the annual U.S. News & World Report "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings, Connecticut Children's is the only free-standing children's hospital in Connecticut that offers comprehensive, world-class health care to children.